21st Century Learning and Teaching

"By the end of 2014, more than 3 billion people will have access to the Internet, which means that they (we) have the power to ask any question at any time and get a multitude of answers within a second ..."

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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Critical-Thinking

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Proactive+Thinking

Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self-determined learning...

Heutagogy, a form of self-determined learning with practices and principles rooted in andragogy, has recently resurfaced as a learning approach after a decade of limited attention. In a heutagogical approach to teaching and learning, learners are highly autonomous and self-determined and emphasis is placed on development of learner capacity and capability with the goal of producing learners who are well-prepared for the complexities of today’s workplace. The approach has been proposed as a theory for applying to emerging technologies in distance education and for guiding distance education practice and the ways in which distance educators develop and deliver instruction using newer technologies such as social media.

Keywords: Lifelong learning; heutagogy; self-determined learning; andragogy; self-directed learning; social media; capability; competency; double-loop learning; reflection

Read more, very interesting...:

http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1076/2087